The Ministry of Agriculture approved the total permissible catch of aquatic bioresources in the marine areas of Russia for 2025

For 2025, the total allowable catch for fishery productions has been set at 3.615 million tons, an increase of 169.5 thousand tons from the previous year. The Far Eastern fishery basin will continue to contribute the majority of this catch, accounting for 95.7%. The main commercial fishery in the Far East, pollock, will have a TAC of 2.461 million tons, with Pacific herring and cod being other priority commercial fisheries. Additionally, quotas are distributed for industrial production, traditional fishing by indigenous peoples, scientific research, amateur fishing, and aquaculture.

The order defines the volumes of production by species and zones in fishery basins. The total allowable catch for 2025 is 3.615 million tons, which is 169.5 thousand tons higher than the TAC for the current year. The distribution of production volumes of marine aquatic bioresources by fishing basins is traditionally repeated with minor changes. The Far Eastern fishery basin accounts for the majority of the TAC - 95.7% (3.461 million tons). Other basins account for 4.3%, including the Western - 76.4 thousand tons, the Northern - 56.1 thousand tons, the Volga-Caspian - 21.4 thousand tons, the Azov-Black Sea - 0.0007 thousand tons. In 2025, the TAC of the main commercial fishery in the Far East – pollock – is 165 thousand tons higher than the 2024 figure (2.296 million tons) and amounts to 2.461 million tons – about 68.1% of the total TAC. In addition to pollock, the group of priority commercial fisheries includes Pacific herring – 407.9 thousand tons (11.3%) and cod – 140.6 thousand ...